IBPS SO 2018-19 will be held in the month of December – January. There are many aspirants who were eagerly waiting for this. It is better if you all start your preparation well in advance. For that, you must go through the IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2018-19.

IBPS SO Exam Pattern and Selection Process

The IBPS SO 2018-19 recruitment is out. A total vacancy of 1599 posts have been announced. As expected, the feature of Sectional Timing has also been introduced in the IBPS SO Exam Pattern. This year IBPS has introduced sectional timing for both prelims and main exam in case of IBPS Clerk and IBPS PO Exam. Hence, you must go through the complete selection process and updated exam pattern for Specialist officer.

IBPS SO Selection Process

IBPS recruits Specialist Officers in different domains as in IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Law Officer, Rajya Sabha Adhikari, HR Officer and Marketing Officer. The selection process for Specialist officer includes 3 stages:

Preliminary Exam

Main Exam

Interview

IBPS SO Exam Pattern

First of all, we have already stated that Specialist Officer recruitment takes place for different domains. Hence, the exam topics are also different for these domains. You can find the detail exam pattern for two different domains given below. You must also remember that for both Prelims and Mains Exam, there is negative marking for both. For your every wrong answer, 0.25 marks shall be deducted.

1.Specialist Officer Exam – Prelims

This year for each section in prelims, a sectional timing of 40 marks has been added. you can find the complete exam pattern below.

IBPS SO Exam Pattern for: IT, HR Agriculture, Marketing

Name Of The Subject

No. Of Questions

Total Marks

Duration

English Language

50

25

40 mins

Quantitative Aptitude

50

50

40 mins

Reasoning Ability

50

50

40 mins

Marks

150

125

120 mins

IBPS SO Exam Pattern for: Law and Rajya Sabha Adhikari

Name Of The Subject

No. Of Questions

Total Marks

Duration

English Language

50

25

40 mins

General Awareness (Spcl. reference to Banking)

50

50

40 mins

Reasoning Ability

50

50

40 mins

Marks

150

125

120 mins

The candidates have to qualify every section with minimum cutoff marks as well as attain the overall cut off as decided by the bank. On qualifying, they will be eligible for appearing in the Mains Exam for Specialist Officer.

2.Specialist Officer Exam – Main

IBPS SO Exam Pattern for: IT, HR Agriculture, Marketing, Law officer

Name Of The Subject

No. Of Questions

Total Marks

Duration

Professional Knowledge

60

60

45 minutes

IBPS SO Exam Pattern for: Rajya Sabha Adhikari

Name Of The Subject

No. Of Questions

Total Marks

Duration

Professional Knowledge

45

60

30 minutes

English Descriptive

2

The candidates who successfully qualify the Main Round of Exam for Specialist Officer shall be called for Interview Process. Therefore, now you have an idea of the IBPS SO Exam Pattern along with the sections included. So, you should start preparing for the exam accordingly. We will keep updating you with all latest information and notifications regarding IBPS Specialist Officer recruitment 2018. Subscribe to our notifications to avoid missing out any news.

South Indian Bank PO Exam Pattern

The official notice for South Indian Bank PO recruitment 2018 has been released recently. The online exam will be held tentatively on 7th July 2018. Since there is just more than two weeks left for the exam, we advise you to speed up your preparation. Also, it’s advisable to go through the latest South Indian Bank PO Exam Pattern to check for any modifications that may be made. We have provided the exam pattern here for your convenience. Scroll down to read more details.

South Indian Bank PO Exam Pattern

Written Test

For every wrong attempt, a negative marking of 0.25 marks apply. Also, sectional timing is there for every section. Please find the Online Test pattern below.

Section

No. of Qs

Marks

Time

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

35

35

35 min

General Awareness/Economy/Banking Awareness

35

35

15 min

English Language

35

35

35 min

Data Analysis & Interpretation

35

35

35 min

Total

140

140

120 min

If you qualify the Written Test, you have to appear for the Group Discussion and Personal Interview round. You need to qualify these rounds too.